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Found this thread because I was looking for the same answer. I have a 30 gallon tank, with a 10 gallon sump. I cannot get rid of the cyano or hair algae. Tank is just over 1 1/2 yrs old. I am about to give up.any chance I can persuade you not to use it?
reason am asking: its a medication that may or may not kill cyano, but if it does that dead mass compounds in the tank as + waste, in addition to whats there and likely feeding this round of cyano
if you have a large system then dose away/find a spoon and you can deal with the mass when it builds
but if this system is anywhere near 40 gallons or less-thats easy takedown cleaning size and we can put back a totally cleaned tank, and sand, with zero accumulation and zero invader, and this is the best approach because it aligns your tank for future success. using chemiclean right now aligns it for future storage, and cyclic infestation of cyano on the compounding waste. the reason you have to use bubblers and stuff in the main tank when dosing it is because its so harsh on the biology, its just a bad item to use unless the tank is so large that work just can't be done
(but one day will be required, or it will crash depending on # of treatments and compounding rates)
*some invasions are so low level neither deep clean or meds are required, merely some light topical cleaning. post pics
Thank you! I really appreciate the positive thoughts. I’ve been working on it now. This is exactly the help I needed!Note Im very happy to hear that, pls see these two recent jobs, right at about thirty gallons. every detail in a short post
I carved off the two best i'd seen, to save a 50 page work thread read these are perfect models:
Algae Identification
Any opinions on what type of algae this is growing on my rocks and sand bed?www.reef2reef.com
chemi clean can't beat that. but, it has helped in large tanks that were too big to rip clean so that's a positive for it.
The way it works right now is your sandbed and rocks happen to contain cloudy waste if they're like most tanks expressing cyano, it doesn't mean anything is bad about the tank. that's the right phase for it to be in all conditions given.
all we do is cheat the hound out of that, and force it to look just like we want. it turns out that isn't harmful, though it would seem to be.
Chemiclean micro spoon measures 0.15cc = Approximately 1/32 teaspoon or 100 milligrams
per https://chemi-pure.com/faqs-chemiclean/
That being said I stopped using Chemiclean and started dosing peroxide and that took care of my outbreak.
So, here is pre-clean, mid, and final. The floating stuff in the first is all of the algae from the glass. I had to clean it just to take the pic. I was really ready to throw in the towel. You save the tank for one last try. It’s beautiful now. Parameters have always been good. Now can I keep it this way? How long would you suggest the lights stay more blue?updates asap ha nice/ after pics we thrive on em
Thanks for actually answering the questionChemiclean micro spoon measures 0.15cc = Approximately 1/32 teaspoon or 100 milligrams
per https://chemi-pure.com/faqs-chemiclean/
That being said I stopped using Chemiclean and started dosing peroxide and that took care of my outbreak.